How easy was it to get five stars?

I'd say it was easy. It only took me the time it did because I was slow with putting furniture outside cause I didn't have a lot of stuff I thought would suit being outdoors.
I got my mum into the game and she was obsessed with putting stuff around her island. Visited her during her first week of play and her beaches were absolutely covered. She really only had the few DIYs but she had really gone to town. Got her 5 star rating a few days after I got mine (and I've been playing since release - she probably started late April or early-mid May)
 
five stars was super super easy for me, especially compared to new leaf. in NH i got 5 stars from just playing naturally, but in new leaf i had to actively try to get perfect town bc of the nature of public works projects. i think NH does it better though.
so yeah 5 stars ezpz
 
Feels impossible for me. 😂
Turns out it isn't impossible! I hit 5 stars today. It certainly wasn't easy though.

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The hardest part is cleaning up my **** I left all over my island. I've got more DIY recipes than I can count and items just lying around. My storage is becoming an issue since I'm close to 1600 limit. I might have to make another villager to store my stuff or clean up stuff I don't need.
 
The fences part was really annoying and having to keep cutting down my trees and check the next day. I did the campfire method of spamming campfires along all of the beaches and it worked like a charm! Think it took maybe a month...? Then once I finally got the 5 stars I began decorating with weeds, "trash" (lost items) and planted trees everywhere
 
The fences part was really annoying and having to keep cutting down my trees and check the next day. I did the campfire method of spamming campfires along all of the beaches and it worked like a charm! Think it took maybe a month...? Then once I finally got the 5 stars I began decorating with weeds, "trash" (lost items) and planted trees everywhere
Whats the fence thing?
 
Whats the fence thing?
Isabelle kept telling me that the island needs more fences, I ended up with an excessive amount of fences, like way more than what other 5 star islands seem to have? Ended up using well over 400+ and it was a pain to remove afterwards, I don't know if it was a bug or something but the island reviews just kept asking for more fences over and over...
 
I've been stuck at 4 stars for months due to a "lack of appealing scenery". I've decorated quite a bit, so I feel like I'm close.
 
I actually got 5 stars without even knowing. I didn't know until I saw the lilly of the valley as was like, "Well, lookie there!" My guess is the thing that might be holding some people back, at least for me it was, is variation of vegetation. In other words, if you populate your island with just one type of flower and tree species you'll be stagnant at 4. Once you have different fully grown species at a good amount, it should be smooth sailing to get to 5. Of course, you need a few furniture items around, but not a whole lot to meet requirements. Though, I do have an overabundance of fences so that might of just been what was enough. Another thing that could be holding people back is just an pre-upgraded Nooks Cranny, I've heard.

I feel like getting 3 stars was a lot harder than 5 stars, strangely.

Maybe it was because I wasn't aiming for 5 stars until I found the jacob's ladder/lily of the valley. And now those things are like weeds to me, lol.
Yeah, I can understand why it seemed that 3 stars was more difficult. I think it has to do with 3 stars mostly just requiring a certain amount of villagers: the starting villagers, the required campsite villager, the three beginner villagers, and at least 1 preplot villager equalling 7+ villagers total.
 
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Isabelle kept telling me that the island needs more fences, I ended up with an excessive amount of fences, like way more than what other 5 star islands seem to have? Ended up using well over 400+ and it was a pain to remove afterwards, I don't know if it was a bug or something but the island reviews just kept asking for more fences over and over...
I only had the hedge fence and barely any of it, when I hit 5 stars.
Bushes, flowers and trees are what I used.
 
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I actually just got my 5 stars 2 or 3 days ago! My island was pretty full of furniture and such, but I had lots of items lying on the ground. It seemed like an impossible goal for me, as a friend of mine got the game in April and got 5 stars before me! Isabelle is so picky sometimes, haha.
 
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